Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.